The Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice (JPFPC) was founded in 1983 by Professor Domenico da Empoli in the spirit of the Italian discipline of Scienza delle finanze. According to this approach, economic analysis should include individual motivations in non-market settings, political institutions and collective decision making.
Relaunched in 2018 in partnership with Bristol University Press and an outstanding, international editorial board, JPFPC will be revitalised in print and online while maintaining its commitment to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research. Read more about the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice.
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The Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice (JPFPC) was founded in 1983 by Professor Domenico da Empoli in the spirit of the Italian discipline of Scienza delle finanze. According to this approach, economic analysis should include individual motivations in non-market settings, political institutions and collective decision making.
Relaunched in 2018 in partnership with Bristol University Press and an outstanding, international editorial board, JPFPC will be revitalised in print and online while maintaining its commitment to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research.
JPFPC is unique in the international landscape of public economics journals, because it is committed to explicitly advancing knowledge in both public finance and public choice, reflecting an inclusive approach. To this end, it welcomes submissions from economics, as well as from cognate disciplines (geography, law, political science, sociology), that contribute to our understanding of the public economy and its broader constitutional, legal and political economy matrix.
JPFPC prefers contributions in public finance and public choice that are original, topical and policy relevant and approach topics in innovative ways. It welcomes submissions of manuscripts that are empirical or theoretical, including papers on the history of economic thought and on economic methodology. JPFPC moreover welcomes behavioural, experimental and multidisciplinary approaches.
When considering a contribution's added value, JPFPC values originality over formalism.
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Domenico da Empoli (1941-2016), Founding Editor
Giampaolo Garzarelli, Editor-in-Chief; Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Emma Galli, Editor; Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Stefano da Empoli, Advisory Editor; Università di Roma Tre, Italy
James Alm, Consulting Editor; Tulane University, USA
Richard E. Wagner, Consulting Editor; George Mason University, USA
John J. Wallis, Consulting Editor; University of Maryland, USA
Barry R. Weingast, Consulting Editor; Stanford University, USA
Ronald Wintrobe, Consulting Editor; Western University, Canada
Manoel Bittencourt, Associate Editor; University of Pretoria, South Africa
Rosolino Candela, Associate Editor; George Mason University, USA
Michael Dorsch, Associate Editor; Central European University, Austria
Nadia Fiorino, Associate Editor; Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy
Marianne Johnson, Associate Editor; University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA
Thierry Madiès, Associate Editor; Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Ilia Murtazashvili, Associate Editor; University of Pittsburgh, USA
Michele Trimarchi, Associate Editor; Università di Catanzaro, Magna Graecia, Italy
John Ashworth, Durham University, UK
Monica Auteri, Università di Roma Tre, Italy
Alberto Batinti, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Bruno Bises, Università di Roma Tre, Italy
Frank Bohn, Radboud University, Netherlands
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University, USA
Paolo Di Caro, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
Silvia Fedeli, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Lars Feld, Walter Eucken Institute, Freiburg, Germany
Fabio Fiorillo, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Michele Giuranno, Università del Salento, Italy
Rajeev K. Goel, Illinois State University, USA
Veronica Grembi, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Matthew Holian, San José State University, USA
Manfred Holler, University of Hamburg, Germany
Roberto Iacono, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Louis Imbeau, Université Laval, Canada
Philip Jones, University of Bath, UK
Lyndal Keeton, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Peter Leeson, George Mason University, USA
Alain Marciano, Laboratoire Montpellierain d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, France
Nimai Mehta, American University, USA
Franklin Mixon, Jr., Columbus State University, USA
Pablo Paniagua Prieto, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Massimiliano Piacenza, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Paola Profeta, Bocconi University, Italy
Jørn Rattsø, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Roberto Ricciuti, Università di Verona, Italy
Ilde Rizzo, Università di Catania, Italy
Stefania P. S. Rossi, Università di Trieste, Italy
Agnese Sacchi, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Carla Scaglioni, Università “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Aldo Sitoe, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Gilberto Turati, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Massimiliano Vatiero, University of Trento, Italy; Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Francisco José Veiga, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Stanley L. Winer, Carleton University, Canada
Special issue on “The Political Economy of the Conflict in Ukraine”
Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice
Guest Editors:
Tymofii Brik (Kyiv School of Economics)
Ilia Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh)
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh)
Tymofiy Mylovanov (Kyiv School of Economics)
Decisions on invitations to submit full articles will be made by August 1st, 2022.
This is a call for a multi-disciplinary special issue of the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice (JPFPC) on analyzing “The Political Economy of the Conflict in Ukraine.”
Different applied and theoretical questions may be addressed from a variety of perspectives (game theory, geopolitics, international political economy, new institutional economics, political economy, public choice, rational choice, realism, etc.). The following are illustrative (though not exhaustive) questions and topics relevant to the special issue.
• What are the contrasting insights of the predatory as opposed to the public good perspective on the state as an explanation for Russia’s invasion?
• What is the relationship between corruption reforms in Ukraine and ability to provide for collective security?
• What role do power politics and territory play in starting the conflict?
• Should realpolitik be more central to economic analysis?
• How might theories of decentralized and distributed collective defense and collective security explain the successful response of Ukraine to Russia?
• What are the economic, political, and social aspects of Ukraine’s response to Russia?
• Is the doux commerce thesis dead?
• What are the externality effects of the Ukrainian refugees on Europe and the world?
• To what extent does the dramatic situation in Ukraine inform questions about the relationship between governance institutions and the effectiveness of foreign assistance? Possible comparisons to foreign assistances in Afghanistan and Ukraine may be relevant.
• To what extent do the institutional foundations and quality of local governance influence the resilience of local communities during the war? Whether local governance (or its absence) can be a factor that explains variation of conflicts and reconciliations globally may be relevant.
• What is the relationship between taxation, public procurement, and state capacity as an explanation for the extent and success of Ukraine’s response to Russia’s invasion?
• How might the relationship between NATO and the situation in Ukraine be understood from the club theory of goods or theories of rent-seeking?
• How might an economic or public choice perspective inform designs for a lasting peace agreement over borders between Ukraine and Russia?
• Additional topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the relationship between Russian political institutions and the conflict decision; cryptogiving, blockchains and decentralized provision of public goods for the supply of security and humanitarian assistance in Ukraine; economic freedom and its relationship to conflict; analysis of the costs of the conflict in Ukraine and the political economy of reconstruction; and the design and effectiveness of sanctions.
We are inviting abstracts (max 250 words) for this JPFPC special issue. Selected abstracts will be invited for submission of a full article, which will then undergo regular JPFPC double-blind anonymous peer review. Should insufficient papers be selected for a special issue, there will be a JPFPC special section. Our plan is to publish all accepted papers open access.
The submission date for the abstract is July 20th, 2022, and for the full paper is January 15th, 2023. Individuals interested in contributing should send abstracts to Professor Ilia Murtazashvili. The guest editors in coordination with the Editor in chief and Editor will then select the abstracts to invite for submission to the special issue. Decisions on invitations to submit full articles will be made by August 1st, 2022.
Emma Galli, JPFPC Editor in chief
Giampaolo Garzarelli, JPFPC Editor
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